[Mapserver-west] gis processing

[Josh Livni]

It is, in theory, feasible to do this.  I think  there are a few 
projects that do, mostly with the data in PostGIS.  FIST is one that I 
can think of off the top of my head.

   -Josh

Rodrigues, Joseph wrote:
> I would like to know if Mapserver can now be used to perform GIS 
> processing. By this I mean the ability to take an existing map and make 
> changes via a browser. 
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> I understand what Mapserver is and have used it in the past to serve up 
> shapefiles and process queries using phpMapScript etc. but I have not 
> done anything for a few years and just want to know if the product has 
> evolved beyond mapserving.
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> As many of you may know ESRI has a new product that allows GIS 
> processing via a browser.  It is more complex than their ArcIMS.  You 
> can make changes to a spatial entity i.e. map etc without using their 
> desktop Arc suite.
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> Thanks
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> Joseph
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